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it's not just the education community watching this case. as sylvia hall reports, so are some of the nation's biggest companies. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered when applying to the university of texas. >> reporter: that's abigail fisher, who was denied a spot in the school's 2008 freshman class. u.t. says race wasn't a factor, but fisher maintains she was rejected because she's white. that accusation could change the way colleges have picked their students for decades. by state law, three quarters of u.t.'s students are accepted automatically, because they are in the top 10% of their high school classes. the rest go through what the university calls a holistic review, considering factors, like grades, essays, personal experiences and race. even fewer students got in that way in 2008, when fisher didn't make the cut. >> there are going to be certain financial consequences to this young lady because she could not attend the school of her preference. as u.t. says, it is critical within tex
it's not just the education community watching this case. as sylvia hall reports, so are some of the nation's biggest companies. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered when applying to the university of texas. >> reporter: that's abigail fisher, who was denied a spot in the school's 2008 freshman class. u.t. says race wasn't a factor, but fisher maintains she was rejected because she's white. that accusation could change the way...
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she was targeted a week ago for her vocal campaign for a girl's right to get an education. since then, there has been an outpouring of international and pakistan the support. she is being treated at the queen elizabeth hospital in birmingham. >> she leaves a military hospital after almost a week of emergency treatment. her destination, britain. this after then, she arrived at birmingham airport. the ambulance driving slowly through the streets to the queen elizabeth hospital. hear, a large number of doctors ought hand with years of experience treating british soldiers wounded in afghanistan. >> she will be assessed by range of specialists and a variety of other teams, which is clearly why she is coming here. >> she was well known for speaking out against the militant group. in particular, the campaign to stop girls going to school in her home region. she started writing a diary for the bbc three years ago when they controlled the valley. last week, the militants took their revenge, shooting her in the head. the attack has sparked angry demonstrations in pakistan. people her
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for me to challenge a child, their right to education, a girl's right to education, it is a fundamental violation. >> you think this is isolated to that region where they still have an influence? >> i think we have seen an erosion of rights over the past few years, and we have seen women and girls being targeted more and more by extremist elements. it shows fundamentally that there is a real power struggle going on, but part of the power struggle is being fought on the lines of gender and gender-based violence. >> when you see what is happening nbc our report, he recently returned from afghanistan. how optimistic are you that the improvements that have been made in the last three years in terms of getting girls in the school and allowing them to stay there will be upheld once nato forces leave? >> i think there is a commitment amongst community to keeping children in school and seeing girls in school. we saw a tremendous increase in the number of girls in school in afghanistan once they were pushed out of power. you still have 3 million girls out of school, 35 million worldwide. there i
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i think we need to be very clear that we think societies that educate their people up to the highest modern standards, that empower their women, that allow for pluralistic politics and religious tolerance and who control their own borders and extremist forces within them but within a certain rule of law, that countries that do that -- and countries that keep their international agreements, i.e., the treaty with israel, countries that do that do well in the modern world. and we should basically be saying "you live up to those principles and we will be happy to partner with you on your schools, on programs to promote literacy, on programs to empower women, on programs to build a stronger electoral politics." but i think we need to make very clear that have's there's a really important principle for me, charlie. the middle east only puts a smile on your face when it starts with them. that is, if we're cramming things down their throat that they don't really want it's not going to happen. and one of the things that i really believe is that the initiative's got to come from them. one thin
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their homes, their children, trying to drive education into the process, and yet at the same time, it might look a little different. 36% of advisors seem to think that millennials may not enjoy the same wealth that their parents did. >> susie: it's a tough situation. bernie clark of schwab advisors. >> very much appreciated. >> susie: a hopeful message today from german chancellor angela merkel during her first visit to greece since europe's debt crisis began three years ago. she told greece's prime minister she hopes greece will stay in the euro-zone and she can "see the light at the end of the tunnel." but that's not how the greeks see it. tens of thousands of people demonstrated outside the parliament building in athens, protesting tough cutbacks the country is being forced to make in exchange for bailout loans. many demonstrators were wearing nazi uniforms. they target merkel as the architect of the tough austerity measures. many investors are stressed and nervous about the upcoming earnings season, even though those earnings from alcoa were better than expected. yum brands also h
their homes, their children, trying to drive education into the process, and yet at the same time, it might look a little different. 36% of advisors seem to think that millennials may not enjoy the same wealth that their parents did. >> susie: it's a tough situation. bernie clark of schwab advisors. >> very much appreciated. >> susie: a hopeful message today from german chancellor angela merkel during her first visit to greece since europe's debt crisis began three years ago....
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a generation of girls who will never get an education if the taliban prevail. the tipping point. the fate of the girl has come to symbolize the choice pakistan faces. it can let the extremists have their way or reject them and everything they stand for. >> sreenivasan: in another development, more than 100 militants attacked a pakistani police station overnight south of peshawar. the incident triggered a gun battle that raged for several hours. at least six policemen were killed, including two who were beheaded. a dozen others were wounded. in the philippines, muslim rebels agreed to a peace pact with the government after decades of fighting. the framework deal will give the muslim minority broad autonomy in the south of the mostly roman catholic nation. in exchange, the rebels must end all violence. the pact was signed in manila's presidential palace. the country's president and the leader of the rebels spoke afterward. >> good day. we extend the hand of friendship to the president and the people. we embark on the historic journey to rebuild our homeland. >> much work remains to
a generation of girls who will never get an education if the taliban prevail. the tipping point. the fate of the girl has come to symbolize the choice pakistan faces. it can let the extremists have their way or reject them and everything they stand for. >> sreenivasan: in another development, more than 100 militants attacked a pakistani police station overnight south of peshawar. the incident triggered a gun battle that raged for several hours. at least six policemen were killed,...
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you know, sin droanl, syndrome of working together and for whatever reason felt that because i had an education i should know what i am doing. and a lot of me to grow whichever direction i wanted to grow, and years after i sort of started the company and we all ys had people interested in buying, and there was once i would say look maybe it is time to sell. i don't know that much about the hotel business. and he said, you know, you have never worked for anybody. because he wanted to buy the company and i should stay with him, so he was very wise and able to sort of direct all of his children never raised his voice or his hand to any of us. so we grow up in a very strong window mother who -- tough love was her way and a father who was always there. >> rose: loving and supportive. >> yes. and exceptionally tolerant. and i remember once his, you know, granddaughter came to him and not married and stayed, you know, grandfather i am going have a baby, and he said, wonderful. so you can imagine how supportive a person like that is in your upbringing. so both of my parents allowed us this freedom to b
you know, sin droanl, syndrome of working together and for whatever reason felt that because i had an education i should know what i am doing. and a lot of me to grow whichever direction i wanted to grow, and years after i sort of started the company and we all ys had people interested in buying, and there was once i would say look maybe it is time to sell. i don't know that much about the hotel business. and he said, you know, you have never worked for anybody. because he wanted to buy the...
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malala yousufzai has been an outspoken critic of taliban atrocities and a promoter of girls' education. the country's prime minister visited the girl's family today at a military hospital near islamabad. he called the shooting an attack on pakistan's core values. >> we pledge that we will not allow the future of our children to be endangered by the militant mind-set. we pledge that the enemies of pakistan will never be allowed to succeed. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, a military official said yousufzai is in satisfactory condition, after having a bullet removed from her neck. she's being kept unconscious and on a ventilator for now. this year's winner of the nobel prize for literature voiced hope today that a fellow chinese laureate will get out of prison. mo yan was honored with the literature award yesterday. at a news conference today, he said he hopes that dissident liu xiaobo regains his freedom very soon. liu won the nobel peace prize in 2010 after being sentenced to 11 years in prison for advocating an end to china's one-party rule. the space shuttle "endeavour" has begun a final,
malala yousufzai has been an outspoken critic of taliban atrocities and a promoter of girls' education. the country's prime minister visited the girl's family today at a military hospital near islamabad. he called the shooting an attack on pakistan's core values. >> we pledge that we will not allow the future of our children to be endangered by the militant mind-set. we pledge that the enemies of pakistan will never be allowed to succeed. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, a military...
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let's talk about education. let's talk about training. let's talk about new jobs. let's talk about infrastructure. let's talk about our different vision for massachusetts. that's what the people of massachusetts want to talk about. and that's what i think they ought to hear about. >> i think about 10 or 15 minutes in, romney began to realize this was not the easy exercise he thought it was going to be. >> narrator: then romney faltered. the issue was health care. >> i have a plan. i have a position paper on health care. i'm happy to show it to you, senator, any time you'd like. >> mr. romney, it isn't a question of showing me your paper. it's a question of showing all of the people in here that are watching this program the paper. they ought to have an opportunity to know. what is the cost of your program? >> i don't have a cost of my program. >> you don't have a cost? >> no, i'm sorry, i don't have... >> what would be the impact of that on the budget? >> well, the impact, i do not know the specific number. >> so you don't have a cost. >> the impact of that on the
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the teenager had advocated education for girls, and was attacked as she left her school on tuesday. elsewhere in pakistan, officials said a u.s. drone strike killed ten militants near a village in the northwest tribal region. at least 15 others were wounded. a masked gunman in yemen has assassinated a yemeni security official working at the u.s. embassy there. the drive-by shooting happened near the man's home in the capital city sanaa as he headed to work. officials said the attack bore the hallmarks of al qaeda. the victim worked for the embassy for 11 years. yemeni officials said he was investigating a recent assault on the compound. but the u.s. state department said that was not the case. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: a diplomatic row between russia and turkey has erupted over the grounding of a plane in turkish airspace. margaret warner reports. >> warner: turkish military jets forced the syrian passenger plane to land last night at ankara, after it entered turkish airspace enroute from moscow to damascus today, turkish prime minister
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it cuts education by 450 billion dollars. it does virtually nothing except continue to increase the tax cuts for the very wealthy. and you know, we have had enough of this. the idea that the so concerned about these deficits, i pointed out, he voted to put two cars on a credit card and he did. >> we're going to the closing statements in a minute. you are gaeing to have your -- >> not raising taxes is not cutting tax, and by the way, our budget we have -- >> 3% a year instead of 4.5%. >> let me calm down things here just for a minute. and i want to talk to you briefly before we go to closing statements about your own personal character. if are you elected, what you could both give to this country as a man, as a human being, that no one else could. >> honesty, no one else could? there are plenty of fine people who could lead this country. but what you need are people who when they say they're going do something, they go do it. what you need are when people see problems they offer solutions to fix those problems. we're not getti
it cuts education by 450 billion dollars. it does virtually nothing except continue to increase the tax cuts for the very wealthy. and you know, we have had enough of this. the idea that the so concerned about these deficits, i pointed out, he voted to put two cars on a credit card and he did. >> we're going to the closing statements in a minute. you are gaeing to have your -- >> not raising taxes is not cutting tax, and by the way, our budget we have -- >> 3% a year instead...
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in education and they're very interested in this issue. you'll probably hear from us at some point. but i just wanted to bring up for a second the accessibility of these programs because having more doesn't really mean figure if they're not accessible. at my school you have to pay $60 for. so, if you want to take an internet or credit course, you're told you have to pay $60. * anything i'm sure there is a service that lets low-income youth do this without pay. i'm not sure if someone in the school district can do that. a lot of it has to be done with outreach to parents and students to tell them they don't necessarily have to pay a huge amount of money to make up their credits because public education is supposed to be free. thank you. >> thank you. actually, commissioner, did you have a question? >> mr. armentraut, can we get follow-up on that? this is the first time i've heard students had to pay to receive credit recovery course. >> we'll make sure we follow-up. next speaker, please. >>> hello, my name is brenda barrels and i have like
in education and they're very interested in this issue. you'll probably hear from us at some point. but i just wanted to bring up for a second the accessibility of these programs because having more doesn't really mean figure if they're not accessible. at my school you have to pay $60 for. so, if you want to take an internet or credit course, you're told you have to pay $60. * anything i'm sure there is a service that lets low-income youth do this without pay. i'm not sure if someone in the...
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board of education. my grandmother and her sisters realized early on that education was important for their survival. their unshakeable persistence and unflinching sacrifice led them to better lives. not only did they had -- have to do with racism but the belief that a woman's place was in the home and in this case on the farm doing the chores like cooking, cleaning, milking the cow and cutting wood. this is the 1930's. you have to cut wood for everything. as i mentioned earlier prince edward county was not interested in educating colored children but my grandmother and her sisters were persistent and found a school in the neighboring county of appomattox which was down the street from the courthouse where general robert e. lee surrendered to general ulysses s. grant that ended the civil war. once they found that school that had the next calabash task of convincing their father they should go to school. and the way they convinced him was by saying we will take care of the chores on the farm. we will do t
board of education. my grandmother and her sisters realized early on that education was important for their survival. their unshakeable persistence and unflinching sacrifice led them to better lives. not only did they had -- have to do with racism but the belief that a woman's place was in the home and in this case on the farm doing the chores like cooking, cleaning, milking the cow and cutting wood. this is the 1930's. you have to cut wood for everything. as i mentioned earlier prince edward...
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in education, my kids go to some of the best public schools in america. my parents are both former teachers. and i think the american education system is incredibly strong and needs to be supported. but what we know is that they're still racial disparities that we need to work on. we have enormous differences in how we fund schools in this country. if you look in texas, for example, there's a three to four ratio and the wealthiest schools get in with the poor schools get. we also know 43% of title i schools are underfunded and one in six americans are not in school working. i went out we are failing kids in texas. texas has, for exam will, the last decade in the growth of a number of kids, texas has 50% of that. texas flashier cut education spending by over $5 billion. and so, my parents live in texas. schools in texas have over 40 kids in the classroom and that is not a success. their school systems to have completely eliminated extracurricular duties. no spores, no debate, no drama, no art could because of the lack of funding. and that is something as a
in education, my kids go to some of the best public schools in america. my parents are both former teachers. and i think the american education system is incredibly strong and needs to be supported. but what we know is that they're still racial disparities that we need to work on. we have enormous differences in how we fund schools in this country. if you look in texas, for example, there's a three to four ratio and the wealthiest schools get in with the poor schools get. we also know 43% of...
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a high-school educated job. education floats to the top of the list in terms of the economic impact on households because of a lifetime earnings possible. broadband access could lead to different levels of education able to be achieved. those living outside urban areas have an interest in seeing that kind of gap closed because higher income means a higher tax base and that impact is felt well beyond households which are living in rural areas. it will have a large effect on what higher education means in the future. degree and receivseen certificate programs that don't have campuses and can be obtained entirely on line. they are very important for nontraditional students. people will find themselves in jobs where advancement depends on their ability to get their credentials. that's the area where there is perhaps the largest potential for household level impact. health is on the list because the future offers so much more than the present. services are a larger share of are urged to and economies is because their
a high-school educated job. education floats to the top of the list in terms of the economic impact on households because of a lifetime earnings possible. broadband access could lead to different levels of education able to be achieved. those living outside urban areas have an interest in seeing that kind of gap closed because higher income means a higher tax base and that impact is felt well beyond households which are living in rural areas. it will have a large effect on what higher education...
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this the business tax which the businesses when it agreed to pay for a new library or more police or education they realize that sports brings more excitement more energy more spending to a community so they agreed to pay a supplemental tax for the stadium and then it's the spectators who are paying the other stream it's the people who use the ballpark that are also paying for it it's not everybody that's paying for it does not have a general fund well i think you know really interesting points and i just kind of a kind of the last thing your guest was saying is i couldn't hear more earlier in this i mean but i think one of the bigger picture questions and whether or not this is exempt it comes into play here is which it sounds like it doesn't is the use of public funds and municipal bond borrowing for what ultimately is a private benefit and the issue with these bonds too is that they are tax free so there's no tax on the interest that the cities pay or that anybody pays for borrowing with this money or for investing in these bonds so is it fair that a private enterprise whether it's a corpor
this the business tax which the businesses when it agreed to pay for a new library or more police or education they realize that sports brings more excitement more energy more spending to a community so they agreed to pay a supplemental tax for the stadium and then it's the spectators who are paying the other stream it's the people who use the ballpark that are also paying for it it's not everybody that's paying for it does not have a general fund well i think you know really interesting points...
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that fits in in terms of a generic classification and listen to me is unmarried, white, noncollege educated women. that's the target group both candidates are going. >>> i want to touch on libya making national med lines, romney campaign hammering on this -- headlines, romney campaign hammering on this. why are they staying on this and not the economy? >> now they think there's another vulnerability and that's the stewardship of foreign policy where before they didn't think they could bring it up, but they think these in consistencies and contradictions open it up for them. >> we'll see you next week for more insight. >> thank you. >>> we're looking ahead to the workweek and what mother nature has in store for us. let's turn things over to fox 5's gwen tolbart for the latest. >> talk about a fantastic day and oh, my goodness, warm, sunshine, a little windy, however, but other than that we had a spectacular fall day today. let's look where we stand now, clouds rolling in for the overnight hours across the region, could see a sprinkle before it's all set overnight because we have a system bri
that fits in in terms of a generic classification and listen to me is unmarried, white, noncollege educated women. that's the target group both candidates are going. >>> i want to touch on libya making national med lines, romney campaign hammering on this -- headlines, romney campaign hammering on this. why are they staying on this and not the economy? >> now they think there's another vulnerability and that's the stewardship of foreign policy where before they didn't think they...
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where the educational benefits of diversity are realized. the reason why university of texas concluded that that environment was not met here, it laid out in several different information points that this can be reviewed. >> that holds for only another what? 16 years? 16 more years, and you are going to call it all off? >> we don't establish that kind of time clock. >> you are defering to gruter, and that's what it says. >> the advocates are. what we would look to is, once we're -- we're looking at this every year. we're looking at it carefully. >> some of the stuff that will it says you agree with, some of the stuff it says, you don't agree with. >> i don't know that i disagree with anything it says. >> before you are out of time, the other point i want you to answer is the argument based on parents involved. that the game is just too small to warrant using racial criteria. if you have the 10%, you don't need more. how do you answer the argument that it is too small? >> page 138, joint appendix. secondly i point to the fact that african ame
where the educational benefits of diversity are realized. the reason why university of texas concluded that that environment was not met here, it laid out in several different information points that this can be reviewed. >> that holds for only another what? 16 years? 16 more years, and you are going to call it all off? >> we don't establish that kind of time clock. >> you are defering to gruter, and that's what it says. >> the advocates are. what we would look to is,...
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in perspective, they try to talk about getting behind the market and mba soothsayers and the harvard educated and wharton, you know, endowed brainiacs and what makes them tick. fear and greed makes them tick. they are afraid right now. they are afraid. they are going to take the money off the table because they're afraid and certainly not committed because they're afraid. the essence of the market is just that. i wish i could tell you what i do is some sinister supersecret. it is not. they are run by emotion and they're afraid. that's why they the best they do with the money is buy dividend and stock. they are afraid. the folks who invest in the company are greedy enough to think no deal is made in washington. sayonara. but we're not saying sayonara. that's what they are saying to the economy if it happens. we're going to stay here in washington. outside the white house. probably pop over for latte or coziness. more from washington. after this. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about that 401(k) you picked up back in the '80s. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like a lot of things, the market has changed, t
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. -- we can gut education to pay for romney's tax cuts. or we can focus on early chou the dedication. cut the growth of tuition costs in that is something we can do. by the way, i do not just talk the talk, walk the walk. we took $60 billion that was going to banks and lenders under the student loan program and we said let's cut out the middleman and give the money directed to students. as a consequence, millions of students were able to keep student rates low. we have focused on this and you need to focus on this in the next election because it is part of the choice that you will face. we can meet these goals together. you can choose a better future for america. pawlenty use the money we are saving from attending the wars in iraq and afghanistan and want to use that to pay top of hour of the sect put also put people back to work. governor romney said it was tragic to end the war in iraq. i disagree. premier our troops come to our families was the right thing to do. if he had gotten his way, those troops would still be there. in a speech t
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but take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won'to far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. prpriorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> a florida man got quite an unusual inheritance when his er passed away. he got 13,000 ceramic clowns. >> no clowning around. will get cold tonight. 55 degrees with the wind at 5 hour.per that will diminish. a freeze warning overnight on e west of the city. >> 1-0 in the pamela howze: it just seems like sun. an... infringement on our lives. how dare they step into my life that way. it's none of their business. he's trying to restrict us, again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of this advertising. but he's really creating debt. the facts are clear. obama's fou
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we need a diversity of approaches in the education, if last thing we should do Ñ"o nationalize education from a department out of washington. one size doesn't fit all in education. washington doesn't know best. we should get rid of federal education department and not because it's too expensive because we care so much and we are paying right now to harm our children, we should stop. >> afghanistan, do you see an end in sight? >> we went in to afghanistan, we were justified in to going in to afghanistan because they refused to bring osama bin laden to justice for his role in the 9/11 attacks. osama bin laden is dead. there is no further reason for us to be in afghanistan. we should bring the troops home as soon as we can. let the living get on with their lives. >> health care, this is a big issue right now. obama has hung his head on this, romney says he will appeal it. what are your thoughts. >> if we want health care to be affordable and available, we got to make sure markets function proplerly, without government interference. with obama care and many government programs over the last
we need a diversity of approaches in the education, if last thing we should do Ñ"o nationalize education from a department out of washington. one size doesn't fit all in education. washington doesn't know best. we should get rid of federal education department and not because it's too expensive because we care so much and we are paying right now to harm our children, we should stop. >> afghanistan, do you see an end in sight? >> we went in to afghanistan, we were justified in...
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i start to wonder when i look at education. it seems like we have so much the emphasize service, social studies, in favor of passing tests in math and reading. to me, it seems like there is a correlation to the lack of moral compass. some of people in the public realm, serving as servants of the public. i wonder what you think, either of you or both of you. >> i will leave it up to the senator to handle. [laughter] >> education, it would certainly a big help. there is no doubt that schools do not emphasize government. they do not emphasize a civic responsibility. they do not really do much to inform the students about what goes on in washington d.c.. it is a cry that students do not know anything about the government in washington. that is the first out. the moral compass is rigid moral compass is a significant factor on education. i feel so much of it comes back to the kitchen table. .hat the parents do a lot of the -- >> a lot of the blame is placed on no child left behind, the exact -- the existing law which is demanding of
i start to wonder when i look at education. it seems like we have so much the emphasize service, social studies, in favor of passing tests in math and reading. to me, it seems like there is a correlation to the lack of moral compass. some of people in the public realm, serving as servants of the public. i wonder what you think, either of you or both of you. >> i will leave it up to the senator to handle. [laughter] >> education, it would certainly a big help. there is no doubt that...
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perot, you on education, please. >> yes. i've got scars to show from being around education reform. and the first words you need to say in every city and state and just draw a line in the sand, is public schools exist for the benefit of the children. you're going to see a lot of people fall over. because anytime you're spending $199 billion a year, somebody's getting it. and the children get lost in the process. so that's step 1. keep in mind in 1960 when our schools were the envy of the world we were spending $16 billion on them. now we spend more than any other nation in the world, $199 billion a year and ranked at the bottom of the industrialized world in terms of education achievement. one more time, you bought a front row box seat and got a third-rate performance, because the government is not serving you. by and large it should be local. the more local the better. an interesting phenomenon. small towns have good schools, big cities have terrible schools. the best people in a small town will serve on the school board. you get into big cities, it's political patronage, stepping
perot, you on education, please. >> yes. i've got scars to show from being around education reform. and the first words you need to say in every city and state and just draw a line in the sand, is public schools exist for the benefit of the children. you're going to see a lot of people fall over. because anytime you're spending $199 billion a year, somebody's getting it. and the children get lost in the process. so that's step 1. keep in mind in 1960 when our schools were the envy of the...
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you educate an individual. you educate a woman. you educate a family. that's how i feel. >> abc7 news. >> congratulations. her degree is back dated to august of 1959. it is in home economics. it is a discipline that doesn't exist at san jose state anymore. >> when people are at the food services department did some digging they realize she earned enough credit so they granted the degree. >> well, the grammy award winner barry manilow is hitting the winning note for public schools. manilow donated a piano to launch a musical instrument drive for the schools. and if you donate a new or gently used instrument at the hp pavilion box office by december 6th you will get two tickets to manilow's concert on that night. it is part of the manilow music project. >>> the man behind rich dad, poor dad has filed for bankruptcy. the company has filed for bankruptcy claiming it is weighed down by a $23 million lawsuit filed by learning annex. it is one of the early supporters and financial backers. >>> we are getting ready for quite a warm up around here jie. which we
you educate an individual. you educate a woman. you educate a family. that's how i feel. >> abc7 news. >> congratulations. her degree is back dated to august of 1959. it is in home economics. it is a discipline that doesn't exist at san jose state anymore. >> when people are at the food services department did some digging they realize she earned enough credit so they granted the degree. >> well, the grammy award winner barry manilow is hitting the winning note for...
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she became well known for campaigning for girls education. two other girls were also shot in the attack. well, for more on this story, i'm joined by our correspondent at the school in pakistan. i wonder if you could briefly tell us the latest you have on her condition? >> well, we've been given very little new from doctors today except they assess that the facilities are not good enough and she had to be immediately transported by helicopter. but, as you said in your introduction, she's certainly still not out of danger. only two days ago that teachers tell us she was sitting on steps just to my right laughing with friends. she left in a normal way and just two or three straights away, the mini bus was stopped by gunmen who asked for her by name and then shot her. and it has caused a real sense of shock. all the students were given the last couple of days off to mourn, but also because of many of them were traumatized. this feels like a city that's been traumatized as well. a lot of people here remember the time just a few years ago when the
she became well known for campaigning for girls education. two other girls were also shot in the attack. well, for more on this story, i'm joined by our correspondent at the school in pakistan. i wonder if you could briefly tell us the latest you have on her condition? >> well, we've been given very little new from doctors today except they assess that the facilities are not good enough and she had to be immediately transported by helicopter. but, as you said in your introduction, she's...
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and also found being married and having a college education increases lakely hood a person will read the label autos you can work out while reading. too. >> and there is a big playoff hit. barry zito. >> yes. >>> coming up at 6:00 a little relief at the pump and how much prices dropped today and how long it could be until they come down. and also, cured meat movement. how you can get in on it and make your own salami. >> thank you very much. >> and a giant scooter made it to almost every corner of san francisco tonight. extending hours for fans to watch the home team play the reds. >> good stuff. today's showing courtesy of barry skpeeto and his team. >> yes. he worked out last minute plans so guests can see him take the mound in that game. >> the staff were fast to stream the game live. >> guests eating could watch the game right up to the final moment. it was a great gesture and a great time for them. >> great game, oh, my goodness. >> go, a's. >> all right. that is going to do it for us for how. world news is coming up next. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching.
and also found being married and having a college education increases lakely hood a person will read the label autos you can work out while reading. too. >> and there is a big playoff hit. barry zito. >> yes. >>> coming up at 6:00 a little relief at the pump and how much prices dropped today and how long it could be until they come down. and also, cured meat movement. how you can get in on it and make your own salami. >> thank you very much. >> and a giant...
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as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 "news at noon," on your side. this is breaking news. >> following breaking news from montgomery county. a student at northwood high school hospitalized after being a fight inside school. the victim's injuries are not life-threatening. exactlyon't know what was used as a weapon and they cannot identify the suspect. continue to follow the latest. opening statements begin today for two police officers accused beating the university of maryland student. the two prince george's werey police officers beating johne mckenna. penelope john gonzalez. it is the video shot from a dormitory room that will be crucial. minutes after the jury, made up men and seven women, courtroom, prosecutors played the video over and over again during opening arguments. the two prince george's county with firste charged e assault. degre reginald baker and james harrison. the video clearly shows an abuse power, broken
as governor, i can promise you, that money will go to education. that's the law and that's what we'll do. vote for question seven. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 "news at noon," on your side. this is breaking news. >> following breaking news from montgomery county. a student at northwood high school hospitalized after being a fight inside school. the victim's injuries are not life-threatening. exactlyon't know what was used as a weapon and they cannot identify the...
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one thing i would like to agree with is where the rubber meets the road is education. the reason why we have this whole argument is a big gap in the academic qualifications children coming out of first grade and high school. that is where we should be pooling our resources. i want to be clear. i am by no means saying that students of color should not be at the best university. if they are admitted on a similar standards, or slightly different standards than the other students, that's great. the problem is not whether you are a student of color. if you are taken into university, you are very much less prepared academically than your classmates -- it is likely to harm you, not hurt you. if you are well qualified, you'll be fine. >> our next caller comes from cleveland, ohio. >> since it is not done out in the open, you do not have any statistics to prove that students that are admitted with an affirmative action program failed. another thing i would like to comment on -- the other program, the other leg of the school, that legacy, what is it called? when you get into col
one thing i would like to agree with is where the rubber meets the road is education. the reason why we have this whole argument is a big gap in the academic qualifications children coming out of first grade and high school. that is where we should be pooling our resources. i want to be clear. i am by no means saying that students of color should not be at the best university. if they are admitted on a similar standards, or slightly different standards than the other students, that's great. the...
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you educate an individual. you educate a woman. you educate a family. that's how i feel. >> abc7 news. >> congratulations. her degree is back dated to august of 1959. it is in home economics. it is a discipline that doesn't exist at san jose state anymore. >> when people are at the food services department did some digging they realize she earned enough credit so they granted the degree. >> well, the grammy award winner barry manilow is hitting the winning note for public schools. manilow donated a piano to launch a musical instrument drive for the schools. and if you donate a new or gently used instrument at the hp pavilion box office by december 6th you will get two tickets to manilow's concert on that night. it is part of the manilow music project. >>> the man behind rich dad, poor dad has filed for bankruptcy. the company has filed for bankruptcy claiming it is weighed down by a $23 million lawsuit filed by learning annex. it is one of the early supporters and financial backers. >>> we are getting ready for quite a warm up around here jie. which we
you educate an individual. you educate a woman. you educate a family. that's how i feel. >> abc7 news. >> congratulations. her degree is back dated to august of 1959. it is in home economics. it is a discipline that doesn't exist at san jose state anymore. >> when people are at the food services department did some digging they realize she earned enough credit so they granted the degree. >> well, the grammy award winner barry manilow is hitting the winning note for...
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but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won't go far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> some nice days ahead of us. >> here's a live look across the city. you can see some bands that will clear the area tonight. very chilly in the morning. a nice warmup tomorrow but not as warm as today. you can see the ups and downs over the next few days. more about this and the forecast coming up. >> good baseball weather. abc world news is coming up pamela howze: it just seems like such an... infringement on our lives. how dare they step into my life that way. it's none of their business. he's trying to restrict us again. he's taking us backwards. george allen is the last thing we need in washington. anncr: the democratic senatorial campaign committee is... responsible for the content of
but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won't go far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> some nice days ahead of us. >> here's a live look across the city. you can see some bands that will clear the area...
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. >> it's a gender issue, an education issue the fact that 433 million school days are lost every year because kids are sick from contaminated water. >> the water in our toilet is cleaner than the water most people are drinking. >> you have been working on this for 20 years. is it that we don't have enough water on the planet? the water is dirty? where does the issue begin? >> there's enough water on the planet. the challenge is making sure that water is clean and making sure it's where people live. you know, in the united states, there is water scarcity. we have the policies and money to deal with it. we pay twice for our cable bill what we do for water. >> people aren't equally poor. the people without access to water, they are not all in the same boat. in a lot of situations, in urban environments, piping water by people's houses. they just don't have access to it. instead, the people working, holding down jobs are standing in a line at a designated time to get their water. gary pioneered an idea called water credit, if you can take a loan app and buy your time back. a $75 or $100 l
. >> it's a gender issue, an education issue the fact that 433 million school days are lost every year because kids are sick from contaminated water. >> the water in our toilet is cleaner than the water most people are drinking. >> you have been working on this for 20 years. is it that we don't have enough water on the planet? the water is dirty? where does the issue begin? >> there's enough water on the planet. the challenge is making sure that water is clean and making...
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the education coming locally. the billions we spend in unfunded man dates come to the local school districts. let's bring the money, like i said earlier, i trust the governor far more than i trust some bureaucrat back in washington d.c. >> thank you. look nobody understands the importance of getting a good education better than me. i'm the first person in my family to go to college. our kids are no longer just competing with other states, montana, new mexico, new york, they're competing with commine na and other emerging economies throughout the world. we have to give our kids the tools so they can compete. you have 1345u8er class sizes and awe tract quality teachers and you provide flexibility for the local school districts so they can implement these standards but in their own way and own speed. then we have to do something to get down this dropout rate. it's high. and you do that by adding to our community college. not everybody is college bound but everybody has to make a living. improve our community colleges
the education coming locally. the billions we spend in unfunded man dates come to the local school districts. let's bring the money, like i said earlier, i trust the governor far more than i trust some bureaucrat back in washington d.c. >> thank you. look nobody understands the importance of getting a good education better than me. i'm the first person in my family to go to college. our kids are no longer just competing with other states, montana, new mexico, new york, they're competing...
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plus, we have the government getting in to healthcare and doing education and getting in insurance business and picking winners, like solyndra. you have the government basically interfering with the public sector and free market enterprise. i majored in economics at harvard. i don't understand why people don't hear milton friedman. >> neil: very well put. scott mcnealey. thank you. scott's point you don't need economics degree from harvard to figure out as bill clinton would say basic arithmetic. it's working against both party right now. it's working against americans right now. the way things are going, we're piling debt at $4 billion a day, every day, every day. think about that. to me if a party does anything at all, address the growing debt. we're having arguments about big bird and whether he's surviving. they're planning a big bird sympathizing march to support pbs. mark levin says we're seriously plucked. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, you
plus, we have the government getting in to healthcare and doing education and getting in insurance business and picking winners, like solyndra. you have the government basically interfering with the public sector and free market enterprise. i majored in economics at harvard. i don't understand why people don't hear milton friedman. >> neil: very well put. scott mcnealey. thank you. scott's point you don't need economics degree from harvard to figure out as bill clinton would say basic...